Chinese Literature in American Middle and High School World Literature Textbooks: Text Selections and Pedagogical Practices.

There are a total of 71 selected texts of the Chinese literature in the five textbooks of world literature for middle and high American schools. The selection of these texts covers the Pre-Qin Classics, the medieval poetry, the modern and contemporary literary works, folklores, and literary works created by American Chinese authors, and they receive high estimation from the textbook developers, which are mostly literary works that can reflect universal human values. The organization of the five textbooks principally ranges from the themes based on regions or eras. Teachers' guide for teaching TAO Yuan-ming's Substance, Shadow, and Spirzt and ZHANG Jie's Love Must Not Be Forgotten, for example, reflects strong consideration for developing students' comprehensive competence in language arts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]